(CNN) -- The way some Republicans talk about the Environmental Protection Agency, you would think it was created by a bunch of pot-smoking hippies communing at a nudist camp in northern California -- when in fact, the EPA was created by one of their own, Richard Nixon, in 1970. 

Much as Republicans don't like to bring up the huge tax increases instituted by their hero, Ronald Reagan, they prefer to sidestep their role in the EPA's humble beginnings and blame it on Democrats. They characterize the whole thing as an albatross hanging around the economy's neck. 

To be fair, Nixon did not ride into the White House as a conservationist, and he did veto the Clean Water Act. But he said he did so because of the price tag of the policy, not its purpose. After the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969 -- which at the time was the largest in U.S. history -- Nixon agreed with the rest of thinking society that clean water and air were a good thing. And his fingerprints are all over such tree-hugging initiatives as the Clean Air Act. 

Sadly, if he tried any of that funny business today, his own party would probably impeach him. That's how far down the oil well some in the Republican leadership have fallen. 

Rep. Michelle Bachmann said she would lock the EPA's doors and turn off its lights if she were president (thankfully there's no chance of that); Newt Gingrich said he would shut down the EPA and create a replacement to work with businesses to create jobs (making it more of a lapdog than watchdog); Rick Perry asked the president to halt all regulations, adding "his EPA regulations are killing jobs all across America."  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What organization is in the topic?
2. When they started this organizaion?
3. Who did that?
4. Who are talking about it?
5. Are they positive about it?
6. Is there any other president mentioned?
7. Who was that?
8. What he did?
9. Are the political parties pointing fingers at each other?
10. Was the earlier POTUS mentioned really positive about all these?
11. What he did?
12. Why?
13. Did he change his mind afterwards?
14. Why?
15. When did that happen?
16. What else the POTUS did?
17. How he would have been regarded today for these?
Answer: 1. Environmental Protection Agency
2. 1970
3. Richard Nixon
4. Republicans
5. no
6. yes
7. Ronald Reagan
8. increased taxes
9. unknown
10. No
11. veto
12. because of the price tag
13. yes
14. the Santa Barbara oil spill
15. 1969
16. helped with Clean Air Act
17. his own party would probably impeach him

Problem: Zebras cannot clap. However, one weekend a magic clown wiggled his nose and said a few magical words and a zebra could clap. This zebra lived in a zoo with many other zebras. This zebra's name was John, John the Zebra. John was so excited that he could clap. He tried to clap as much as he could. He had trouble understanding when and what to clap. He would clap at things that were sad and things that were happy. He clapped when he was excited and when he was scared. He even clapped that he could clap. After a couple of weeks, his friend Sam was getting annoyed with John. He said "John, I know you like clapping but I am beginning to be annoyed by your clapping." John said he was sorry, but that Sam did not understand how special it was to be the first Zebra that could clap. A few more weeks went by and the same Magical clown came by John's zoo. He looked at John, who was clapping his heart out, and wiggled his nose and said some different magical words. Suddenly, John could not clap any more. And that month was first and only time a zebra could clap.
1. What cannot clap?
2. What happened one day?
3. And what happened?
4. Did he say anything?
5. What?
6. Where was the zebra?
7. with who?
8. What was his name?
9. How did he feel?
10. Why?
11. What did he do?
12. What did he have trouble with?
13. What did he clap at?
14. Who was his friend?
15. How did he feel?
16. Why?
17. What did John say?
18. Who came to the zoo?
19. When?
20. What did he do?
Answer: 1. Zebras
2. a magic clown wiggled his nose
3. a zebra could clap
4. yes
5. a few magical words
6. in a zoo
7. other zebras
8. John
9. excited
10. he could clap
11. clapped as much as he could
12. understanding when and what to clap
13. when he was excited and when he was scared
14. JOhn
15. annoyed
16. because he was clapping
17. sorry
18. The magical clown
19. few weeks
20. He looked at John

question: (CNN)As "Mad Men" returned for its seventh season, many viewers tuned in to see what happened next for Don, Peggy, Pete and the other characters of the hit AMC show. Many were eager to see the fabulous clothes the actors wore. 

We can't help but wonder -- was all that glamour real, or is it just the magic of TV? We asked readers to share their snapshots from 1967-69 and show us what the late '60s really looked like. 

Janie Lambert, 61, says she thinks "Mad Men" portrays the decade's conservative fashion and mod look accurately. But she remembers the late 1960s as more colorful and vibrant. 

"My favorite looks in the '60s were the bright colors and bold patterns, stripes and polka dots, miniskirts, long hair and pale lipstick," Lambert says. 

'Mad Men' and the other 1960s 

Many iReporters strived to keep up with the fast pace of the changing fashion in the late '60s. Patricia Anne Alfano, 66, went from a British-inspired mod style cheerleader to a hippie in a matter of three years. 

In 1967, Alfano was an "Eaglette" -- an NFL cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Unlike today, the cheerleaders were covered from head to toe. The uniforms had long sleeves, and the cheerleaders wore gloves and cloth helmets. 

"From the early 1960s until 1967, I spent tons of time on my hair," she says, noting her mod hairdo in the picture is actually a wig. "Wigs were big back then. Everyone had at least one." 

In 1968, the style began to evolve. Alfano still spent a lot of time on her hair, but her peers began heavily criticizing all things materialistic, so the style became more casual. 
1. What TV show is returning?
2. Including this year, how many seasons has the show aired?
3. What time period is portrayed in the show?
4. Was Frank a listed character of the series?
5. Who were the main people of the series?
6. Are they the only people on the series?
7. Did anyone specific speak to the series accuracy?
8. What was her name?
9. How old is she?
10. Does she think the time period was justified in the series?
11. Did she enjoy the dull color that was seen during the period?
12. What was one of her favorite parts of the sixties?
13. Anything else?
14. Did anyone else speak to the time period?
15. Who?
16. How old is she?
17. What was her job during the sixties?
18. What team?
19. Do they wear the same outfits today to cheer?
20. Do they wear short skirts?
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answer:
1. Mad Men
2. Seven
3. The 1960s
4. unknown
5. Don, Peggy, Pete
6. No
7. Yes
8. Janie Lambert
9. 61
10. Yes
11. No
12. The bright colors and bold patterns
13. Also stripes and polka dots
14. Yes
15. Patricia Anne Alfano
16. 66
17. cheerleader
18. The Philadelphia Eagles.
19. No
20. No